“Were both in a rut. And when two people have the different open wounds, they can relate and try to heal each other. Maybe itll be the same for Kayla and me. Itll be a long a run, but we might as we...”

“Chief Johnson has full faith on us. Which means if I can complete this task and hunt down the murderer, not only does the chief won't feel any uncertainty on Anthony and I, but the spirits of the v...”

“I dont mind my friends calling me 'Thornes,' but the fact of people calling me 'Prickly Thornes' draws the line.”

“I dont mind my friends calling me Thornes, but the fact of people calling me Prickly Thornes draws the line.”

“The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.”

“Were both in a rut. And when two people have the different open wounds, they can relate and try to heal each other. Maybe itll be the same for Kayla and me. Itll be a long a run, but we might as we...”

“They suffered with his death and she - she suffered with their reaction to it.”

“Zachary smiles, and I wonder if he's felling different. Because standing out here waist deep in Gossimer Lake, next to my best friend, I'm feeling different-light and good and maybe even holy.”

“Don't make me sit through reality.”

“My wishing star glowed slightly and winked back at me. I could almost hear its voice, tinkling like wind chimes and church bells, reassuring me that everything would return to normal.”

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“Stars are the souls of old sailors. They plot the skies and guide the wayward home.”

“Good books are never finished but abandoned.”